Rio and Latifa have entered a forest in the Wilderness. While she's sleeping, they're surrounded by a band of what appear to be demi-humans. The girls reveal themselves to be People of the Spirits. Rio tries to talk things out with them, but Uzuma, a winged beast person, finds Latifa and assumes that Rio has abducted her. Uzuma swoops down on Rio without giving him a chance to explain. Her sudden attack renders Rio unconscious. In his dreams, a beautiful girl with pink blonde hair appears to him as well as Amakawa Hayato's childhood friend, Ayase Miharu.
shall forever accompany us, the People 
of the Spirits, on the path we travel.
.نحن جنس الأرواح، على الطريق الذي نتّخذه
für immer das Volk
der Geister begleiten möge.
siempre acompañe al pueblo
de los espíritus en sus travesías.
siempre acompañe al pueblo
de los espíritus en sus travesías.
accompagnino le nostre genti, le Genti degli Spiriti,
 lungo tutti i sentieri che percorreremo.
acompanhem para sempre o nosso Povo dos
Espíritos, no caminho que percorremos.
и божья защита будут и дальше 
сопровождать нас, народ духов, в пути.